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i Y'No. 64,803.

W.v E. SKINNER.

Butter Worker.

Patented May 14,1867.

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WILLIAM E. SKINNER', v0 F MI'LFoItl), MICHIGAN.,

i Letters Patent iVo. 64,803, lated May 14, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY C ONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. SKINNER, of Milford, Oakland county, Statey of Michigan, have invented' certain new and useful improvements in ButterWdrkers and pressesfor pressing butter; and I do hereby'y declare the following description and accompanying drawings are sufficient to enable any person skilled Vin the art or science to which it most nearlyappertains to make and use my said invention or improvements without further invention or experiment. v I

The natureof my invention consist-s in certain improvements for giving the paddle that works the butter a compound motion iu imitation of the motion given to the paddle by dairy-women; also in makingthe battey-bowl.- to rotate, and bring the different portions of butter in succession under the paddle to beworked; also in providing a press with mo'vablesides hinged to the base to press the 'butter into cakes or rolls after it is worked, and in providing the press-box with a traversing follower to press the butter in to the box. In the accompanying drawingsi Figure 1 is an elevation of a machine with my improvements.

Figure 2 is a plan or top View.

Figure 3 is a section on the linee z of iig. 1.

In .these drawings, A A are the posts of the frame connected near their lower ends bythe girders B B, and at the top by the rails C C, making a strong oblong rectangular frame, to which the other parts of the machine are either fastened or connected. The top bar D is framed into the rails C nearoneend of the frame to support .the two standards E E which hold the cap-bar F, as shown in the drawing. G is a shaft turning in journalboxes fastened to the rai-l C and bar D,and provided with a hand-crank, G1,.to turn it. The fly-wheel G2 is fastened to the shaft G to equalize the motion of the machine when working. The pulley H is fastened to the opposite'end of the shaft G from the crank Gl, and has the wrist-pin Hin it, to work the vibrating traversing barv I, which works up through a'mertise in thecap-barF, and is guided by the pinF in the bar, which passes lthrough a long slot in the bar I, giving the bar I as it is traversed by the wrist-pin a peculiar compound motion. This traversing bar I has the horizontal arm I firmly fastened to its upper end, as shown in the drawing, to` carry the paddle J, to work the butter in the bowl under the paddle, which is provided with a shank passing through the arm I, and fastened by the set-screw J when adjusted in the desired position. The paddle J maybe made i in the form shown, erin such other form as will'answer the purpose to work the butter in the bowl to advantage.

` 'The butter-bowl K may lie-made in the form shown and set on the annular plate K', which is tted to receive it, and arranged to turn on the platform L fastened to the rails C C. This platform L has a large hole infit under. the plate K, and the bent bar M is fastened tothe under side of the plate K,and provided witha screw, M, which screws into a female screw fastened to the bottom of the bowl K, to hold it firmly on the plate 4Which has a goove in the'nnder side fitted to four friction-rollers which are arranged to turn in the platform L, to support the plate K and bowl as they are turned under the paddle to work thebutter. 4To turn the plate K, I fasten the arm P vto the arm I, and pivot the pawl P to its lower endi, which pawl acts on the ratchetteethon the plateK and turns it with the bowl K, when the bar I is traversed to earrythe -paddle and work the hutter.` The machine may be stopped occasionally andthe buttermilkpoured from the bowl, or the bowl may have a pipe in the bottom with a valve or'trapjdoor in the bowl to let tho'buttermilk run off, The lower platform Q is fastened to the girders B B, and when the machine is wanted to operate thechurn, the churn barrel Q is-'set on the platform Q, andthe dasher-pole R, fig. 5, is put through a-hole in the lplate, K', the pawl P being previously raised and fastened up by the Ahook S, to let the plateremain at rest, and the bowl K removed fromtheplateso as to be out of the Way of the dasher-pole, which is connected to the arm I by the Pitman R', so as to work the dasher and churn the butter by the arm I. With this machine the common upright stone jar or barrel may be used to churn in. The shaft T is .arranged to turn in journal-boxes supported by the girders B B, and has the pulley T fastened to it which is turned' by the band U from the pulley H. The pulley T has'the wrist-pin V fastened to it, so that when it is desirous to work 'the churmdasher fast vwi-thout increasing the speed of the fly-wheel, the wristpin H can be taken out of the pulley H, and the exten sion bar V, fig. 4, inserted in the socket in the lower end of-the transverse bar I and fastened with a pin, and I the wrst-pin Vis .put through bar V, when, as the'pulley Histwice as large as the pulleyT, the churn dasher vill be Worked much faster without increasing the speed of the ily-wheel, and by these means thebutter maybe hurned. Very quick.

To press the butter into rolls or cakes, I make a press-box with a base, a, that may be fastened to the iatform L, and make the sides of the press-box in the form shown in the drawing, with one-haltI of each end oined to each side, and hinge the sides I) Z) to the base a, and put a hook and staples at each endrto hohl the ides together, while the butter is being pressed in by the follower r: on the lever d, which is hung on a pin in he standard c fastened to thebase (t, so that the lever may be worked by hand to press the butter into Athe box. Che lever (l has along slot in it for the shank of the follower e to traverse in, so as to press the butter from and to end in the box. And if it is desirable to print the rolls of butter, the lever d may be turned over and he butter printed by the platen j. After the butter has been pressed into a roll the hooks at lthe ends of the n'css-box maybe unhitched and the sides turned downand the roll of butter removed. Should it be found leccssary or desirable the base a may be grooved a little wider than the inside ofthe box and a flat board laid n to till the groove, so that when the butter is pressed into the box on the hoard, and the box opened, the butternay be removed by taking up the hoard. The lever W is hung to the frame to carry the tightening pulley X, vhich is pivoted in the le'ver to act against the band U, and tighten it when the machine is in operation. The )ase of the press may have a groove around it to convey away any buttermilk that may escape from the press.

Although I have described my machine as a butter-worker, I contemplate that it will be useful and desir-a )le for working or lmeading,f dough for bread, cla-y for pottery-ware, putty, and other compositions.

I claim giving the paddle of the butter-worker a compound motion in imitation of the motion given to the )addle by a dairynvoman, substantially as set forth by the devices described or their equivalents.

.And in combination with the paddle having the compound motion above claimed, I claim giving the butter- Jowl a rotary motion, substantially as described.

In vcombination with the butter-worker', I claim thc press-box with movable sides hinged to its base. subtantially as described.

And in combination wirh the pressbox above claimed, I elailn the traversing follower', substantially as lescribed.

WILLIAM E. SKLNNE il.

Witnesses:

Gizoiieis l). Doorn', CHARLES 'l.RrLsr, Puna? F. Wenns.- 

